As UNIAN reported earlier, Ukrainian border guards on March 25 detained the Nord fishing vessel in the Sea of Azov. The vessel, registered in the temporarily occupied territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, was flying the flag of Russia. There were 10 crewmen on board; all had passports of citizens of the Russian Federation.

Gorbenko, who is accused of arranging illegal entry of the crew from Russian-occupied Crimea for industrial fishing, faces up to five years in prison. He is charged under Part 1 of Article 249 (illegal fishing) and Part 2 of Article 332-1 (the violation of the procedure for entry and exit from the temporarily occupied territory of Ukraine) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.

Meanwhile, Russian border guards on May 4 detained the Ukrainian fishing vessel YaMK-0041 (whose home port is Ochakiv) west of Cape Tarkhankut in Crimea. The occupying authorities announced the crew of the vessel seized by Russia's FSB had been delivered to Crimea "for procedural actions."

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